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The water-soluble glue was a tool manufactured by the black technology department; Xiang Beifei didn't apply for such black technologies this time since Elder Luo was with him, which was equivalent to a training expedition. He intended to rely on himself instead.

As for the second method, the strength of the Sand Rat was not weaker than Xiang Beifei's at all.

Neither method was feasible for Xiang Beifei.

"Without the water-soluble glue, Beifei won't be able to immobilize the Sand Rat. What's he going to do now?" Elder Luo watched from a distance, pondering lightly.

In fact, even with water-soluble glue, it's very difficult to kill a Sand Rat because it sandifies at an extremely fast rate. How could it possibly stand still and let itself be stuck by the water-soluble glue? Therefore, normally, the second method is the simplest and most reliable.

Generally speaking, when pioneers encounter such desolate beasts outside of the domain, and water-soluble glue is ineffective, and there are no high-level Awakeners in the team with matching capabilities, experienced people would choose to withdraw immediately instead of fighting the Sand Rat. Otherwise, it would be a wasted effort.

Xiang Beifei had only just entered the Meridian Opening stage not long ago and was almost unable to do it.

"Just need me to say the word." Elder Luo said from a distance.

Xiang Beifei, as if turning a deaf ear, rushed towards the illusory Sand Rat again, his figure moving fast to an extreme!

Whoosh!

His fist, burning with explosive flames, slammed towards the head of the Sand Rat.

The Sand Rat instantly turned to sand again, and Xiang Beifei's fist felt as if it had hit cotton, light and without any point of impact, while the sand in the air formed into four paws and grabbed at Xiang Beifei.

Xiang Beifei swung his fist and dispersed the four paws, but the Sand Rat's head had reformed behind Xiang Beifei and bit at him once more.

Bang!

Although Xiang Beifei's back blocked the Sand Rat's teeth, its tail struck his back fiercely. Even though it dispersed instantly, the immense force sent Xiang Beifei flying out.

The Sand Rat's mode of attack was very strange; it was as if it had split itself into countless parts, with limbs engaging the enemy head-on while its head could condense separately in the sandy wind behind the opponent, catching them by surprise.

This was also the reason many found the illusory Sand Rat troublesome because fighting it was like fighting a monster that could disintegrate its body.

Head, hands, tail... fighting independently, it broke itself into several parts, each capable of mounting a separate attack from different directions.

Xiang Beifei immediately stabilized his figure in mid-air, and through the several exchanges, he had gradually analyzed the patterns of the Sand Rat's changes!

Swish!

When the Sand Rat's body sandified again, Xiang Beifei immediately threw out breath soil. Breath soil was originally a special kind of divine clay that could congeal into various shapes, but that also meant it could directly disperse, turning into fine sand!

Rustle!

The head of the Sand Rat quickly condensed and snapped at Xiang Beifei's neck, but as it condensed, it suddenly felt something was wrong; it felt as if something strange had mixed into its body, making it much more sluggish.

Hum!

A trace of astonishment appeared in the eyes of the Sand Rat. For some reason, it found itself forcibly fixed in mid-air!

"When you attack, you have to condense your form, but the air isn't only filled with your sand particles!"

Xiang Beifei cocked his head and grabbed the head of the Sand Rat; then, with explosive flames ignited on his fist, he hammered it straight into the Sand Rat's head, and clenched his fist with force!

Rustle!

This time the Sand Rat couldn't sandify anymore because Xiang Beifei already had a grip on its Beast Pill, holding it in his hand.

Without its Beast Pill, the Sand Rat died instantly, and its body turned into a pile of loose sand that fell to the ground!

"Interesting."

Elder Luo smiled thoughtfully as he looked at Xiang Beifei.

This was the first time Xiang Beifei had been thrown into the wilds beyond the domain, and Elder Luo hadn't seen how Beifei had acted. It was also the first time he witnessed how Beifei dealt with a desolate beast.

However, he didn't quite understand how Beifei had immobilized the illusory sand rat without hydrogel, a specialized high-tech product designed to counter it?

"What is that thing you used?" Elder Luo inquired.

"It's also a kind of soil that specifically restrains it."

Beifei's method was quite simple. He didn't have hydrogel, but he had breath soil, which turned sandy and diffused into the air after dehydration. He had already completely grasped the locations of the illusory sand rat's attacks through "Learn by Analogy," but that was far from sufficient, because it kept dispersing and he couldn't hit it.

Beifei knew that the illusory sand rat could condense, and during this process, the weathered breath soil would mix right into the body of the sand rat, which meant that as the illusory sand rat condensed its body, it was mixing the breath soil into itself.

Thus, the breath soil became akin to a part of the sand rat. The power of the breath soil firmly latched onto the body of the sand rat, and when it attempted to turn to sand again, it found itself unable to do so.

At this moment, Beifei's breath soil manifested the ability to "Abruptly Stop," which completely immobilized the sand rat! Then he could easily smash its head with a punch and take its Beast Pill!

"Good lad, I underestimated you!" Elder Luo laughed heartily, "It seems this trip really turned into quite the show for me."

Elder Luo was full of anticipation. He knew Beifei was highly talented, but he had hardly ever seen him truly take action. This time, bringing Beifei with him was less about helping him hunt Meridian Opening phase desolate beasts for their inner cores and more about observing Beifei's real combat strength.

This kid always brought him all sorts of surprises, and suddenly he couldn't wait to witness next month's elite freshman competition and see how Beifei would perform.

After the illusory sand rat was blasted apart, it disintegrated into a heap of sand. Born from sand, it left no corpse upon death to be studied—only a Beast Pill.

To conduct research, they would need a space-type pioneer to capture it alive and confine it in an inescapable cage.

But Beifei was here for the Beast Pill in the first place, so it made no difference to him whether the illusory sand rat left behind a corpse. As long as he obtained the Beast Pill, that was all that mattered.

This Beast Pill was sufficient to light up a star constellation!

——

Elder Luo looked on at Beifei with satisfaction, but at that moment he sensed something and turned his gaze toward the left side of the gobi, contemplating for a moment before saying, "Go over there and try that desolate beast. That one is quite special and rare. You need to come into contact with various strange desolate beasts."

"Alright."

With Elder Luo present, Beifei didn't need to worry about anything. Whatever Elder Luo suggested he learn, he would learn.

Beifei headed towards the gobi on the left. The closer he got, the more he felt a strange sensation, as if countless eyes were watching him, yet he didn't know where the watcher was.

He scanned every rock on the gobi, every crevice in the sandstone, searching for the source of the gaze. He did see a scorpion enveloped in flames peeking out of the crevices in the rockface.

But in Beifei's perception, this scorpion had only the strength of the later stages of Qi-Controlling, clearly not the target Elder Luo intended for him to kill.

The gobi's rocks were deeply cut in many places by swiftly blowing sand, some of the ravines even reaching depths of more than ten meters. These ravines appeared as though they had been purposely cleared, devoid of sand accumulation, and the wind passing through them carried an echo.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Crisp chime-like sounds played slowly, ringing pleasantly. These sounds came from the crevices in the rocks of the gobi, the natural formations acting like musical instruments with varying depths corresponding to different musical notes.

The wind seemed to consciously blow through these crevices, each one producing a unique tone, and taken together, they formed a marvelous melody.

Beifei listened to the music, knowing there was something eerie about it but unable to determine what was playing the tune.

If one insisted it was the work of the wind, it didn't seem convincing. Because he could sense that when the wind blew across that rocky area, it seemed to be disturbed by something, making it more like some invisible desolate beast was controlling the wind.

Yet what this desolate beast was, he couldn't be sure.